The Hindu     07.08.2014 

Corporation to supply water once in two days

Rains in catchment areas of Periyar dam in the last few
days has brought good news for Madurai city. Since the water level had
gone up in Vaigai dam after the recent rains, the Madurai Corporation
has decided to supply drinking water once in two days starting from
August 15.

Presently, it is being supplied once in four days in view of bad monsoon and lack of rainfall in the region.

Corporation
Mayor V.V.Rajan Chellappa has announced on Wednesday that the water
supply situation was thoroughly reviewed based on the city’s
requirements for all 100 wards.

“The water level had
increased to 41.63 feet in the Vaigai dam. Similarly, the Vaigai dam is
getting 1,036 mcft of water from Periyar dam after the rains in
catchment areas. Hence, the Madurai Corporation has decided to ease the
supply,” he said in a press release.

To start with,
the once-in-two-days water supply plan will be implemented from August
15 in 72 wards which were in the corporation earlier.

From August 17, the drinking water supply would be comfortable covering all areas in the city.

Mr.Rajan
Chellappa further said that the 28 wards which were added to the
corporation as extension areas in the peripheries of the city too will
be taken care of.

Here, water will be supplied
through a fleet of tankers as is being done now and more focus will be
laid to ensure smooth supply as per requirements, the Mayor added.

The
Mayor’s announcement comes within days of corporation council meeting
when councillors urged the authorities to address drinking water
scarcity in their respective wards.